Very interesting. I doubt that I will ever get to Italy. I have lived in Germany and am fascinated by all there is to see there.
Nice Photo. He looks like he is posing for you.
Some years ago I took my Praktina IIA in to a repairman and asked about cleaning and lubricating. He refused to touch it. He said sure as hell something would break. You'll probably run into that if you take it to a repairman. I had a Yashica C twl and it got something wrong with it. I stupidly took it apart and never got it back together. Place your camera somewhere you can display it. It will make a great conversation piece.
Nice shots, especially through a window.
It is beautiful but I would hate to live in such narrow surroundings.
It is amazing just how much different scenery there is in Utah. Great photos. You is a good photographer.
You're lucky you weren't on the one that burned and crashed. That was the death knell for Concorde.
An Exa is the first single lens reflex camera I ever owned. If I remember correctly I paid a hundred Marks for it in Reutlingen, Germany. I sold it and several years ago I contacted the person I sold it to and bought it back for my collection. I have an Exacta in perfect condition a friend found in a storage unit he bought. If film ever comes back down to a decent price I may begin using film again just for fun.
The flash on a strobe light is about a thousandth of a second in duration. That is what they mean by it being faster. I bought a strobe when I got my first good 35mm camera while in the army. It had a 240 volt battery pack that hung over my shoulder. That was 1960 and I was at Fort Bragg.
Used is the only way to go. I can't afford the high prices of buying new. One man's junk is another man's treasure.
I reckon that I don't have GAS. I have never had a desire to own the most expensive, so called best equipment. When I was a teenager I did drool over the cameras advertised in the photography magazines but I was too poor to buy one. I had a Brownie Holiday Flash Camera that Santa brought me when I was about 14. I bought my first, good 35mm camera in a pawn shop in Fayetteville, NC when I was in the army.
I'm glad to know that there are people around who can afford a lens like that. Have fun.
I reckon that while we were living in Dresden it was good that I did not buy a camera. Of course, many years ago in the early 60's while in Germany I bought a Praktina IIA, East German manufacture. I still have that camera. In those days I wasn't interested in Japanese cameras although I did buy a Petri Green Window Rangefinder camera in 1960 while in the Army at Fort Bragg. Now Canon and Nikon more or less rule the roost. I gave my Canon to a granddaughter. The Nikon I still have. I don't get too excited over either camera company. I buy my equipment used so don't worry about sending it to them for repair. I'll just buy another used camera.